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It is days like this that we look forward to here at Notinhalloffame.com!

Today, the Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their Class of 2017, which will consist of Teemu Selanne, Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi and Dave Andreychuk. It will also include women’s star Danielle Goyette and builders Clarke Drake and Jeremy Jacobs.

Teemu Selanne is the headliner of this group. The scoring machine from Finland enters on his first year of eligibility and he is a former Stanley Cup Champion with Anaheim. Selanne would lead the NHL in Goals scored three times and is a former two time First Team All Star. He was also an international star with Finland, representing them in five Olympic Games and two World Cups. He enters on his first year of eligibility and was ranked #1 by us at Notinhalloffame.com.

His fellow Duck, Paul Kariya also was chosen. Kariya has been eligble for the Hall since 2013 and is a former three time First Team All Star. Kariya went to seven All Star Games and helped Canada win the 2002 Olympics. Kariya’s averaged exactly one point per game over his career and was ranked #3 on our Notinhalloffame.com list.

Mark Recchi was ranked #4 on our list and has been eligible for the Hall since 2014. He is a three time Stanley Cup Champion (Pittsburgh 1991, Carolina 2006 and Boston 2011) and was a seven time All Star.

After a nine year wait, Dave Andreychuk finally got the call from Toronto. The all-time leader in Power Play Goals was a two time All Star and won the Stanley Cup in his last season in the NHL with Tampa Bay.

Danielle Goyette is this year’s female entry. She helped Canada win two Gold Medals and eight IIHF World Women’s Championships. She is currently Canada’s IIHF leading scorer.

Clark Drake coached the University of Alberta men’s team for twenty-eight years and took the Golden Bears to six University Cups.

Jeremy Jacobs has been the owner of the Boston Bruins since 1975 and has been a very influential owner and has served as the Chairman for the Board of Governors since 2007.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.

With the 2017 Class selected, it won’t take us long for us to work on the 2018 List.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com have another major update that we are excited to present to all of you.

Recently, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov, Chris Pronger and Phil Housley would be the Class of 2015. Once a Hall of Fame Class is announced, our next task is obvious….work on the next list!

We here at Notinhalloffame.com have created the new list and it is a little different than it has been in years past. What we mean by that is that for the first time ever we do not have any new entry that placed in our top ten. For that matter, we do not have any new entry that made the top twenty!

Let’s take a look at the new Notinhalloffame.com top ten and the new entries, shall we?

For the first time ever, former NHL Hart Trophy winner, Eric Lindros ascends to the top of the list. Lindros rocketed from the #7 spot and in our opinion is in the best spot of his career to potentially make the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Don Cherry, the enigmatic coach of “Coach’s Corner” remains at number 2. Cherry, a former Jack Adams Trophy winner might be the most known personality on the hockey list.

Coming in at #3 is Sergei Makarov, a Soviet born player who was in the NHL at the tail end of his career. Makarov moved up three spots from last year.

At #4 is Paul Kariya, a former Anaheim Duck who moved up from number six. Kariya is a former seven time NHL All Star.

The number #5 spot belongs to Mark Recchi who also moved up three spots.

Number #6 on the Notinhalloffame.com countdown belongs to Thereon Fleury who also moved up a few spots.

As most of you know, the Hockey Hall of Fame recently inducted three players from our notinhalloffame.com hockey list, Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov and Rogie Vachon. Lindros was ranked #1 by us last year and Makarov had been in varying spots in our top six since our website’s inception seven years ago.

When this occurs, it is always time for us to re-evaluate our list and we do that by looking at the following:

2. Inputting the new hockey players who will now be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.

We added several new players and rather than present the new “100”, we have 107 for your consideration as we did not take out those who did not make that round number. Rather, our intention is to expand it to 150. Look for that this winter.

Until then, let’s present the new Notinhalloffame.com Hockey List.

Teemu Selanne is now eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and the “Finnish Flash” takes over the top spot. Selanne retired as a Point per Game player and famously scored 76 Goals in his rookie season. He is also a four time post season All Star.

Don Cherryhas been on our list since the beginning either in the first, second or third spot. The outspoken host of Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada has been ranked 2nd on our list the last two years. He remains in that slot this year.

Ray Whitney, a member of the 1,000 Point club misses out on the top 60 making his first appearance at #61. Former Stanley Cup Winning Goalie, Tim Thomas appears at #81.

We received emails and comments that we may have missed some players in previous lists. Upon further review, we have agreed and three new former players who have been previously eligible but never ranked by us are now part of the list.

With his short stature, Paul Kariya did not look the part of the professional hockey player, but once he took to the ice, there was little doubt that he was among the elite. Kariya was a very intelligent player and displayed such amazing skill that he was often compared with the immortal Wayne Gretzky. Known for his gentlemanly play, he rarely made mistakes and had incredible speed. Concussions reduced his career and his career points total may not be in the upper echelon, but had he been healthier it very well could have.